How to force Eclipse not to format portions of code?

Asked Apr 19 '22 at 14:22

Active Apr 19 '22 at 14:53

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I often use Ctrl+Shift+F in Eclipse to format Java source code.

However in some situations I would like that some portions of code were not formatted, e.g. some long CLI commands inside comments.

So, I would like to tell Eclipse: "whenever I hit Ctrl+Shift+F, please format all lines of code except for x-y-z".

Is it possible?

edited Apr 19 '22 at 14:53

asked Apr 19 '22 at 14:22

luca.vercelli

For what language? It matters. – nitind Apr 19 '22 at 14:48
Sorry! I am talking about Java, I will edit my post. – luca.vercelli Apr 19 '22 at 14:52
I don't think eclipse has "invert selection". Basically you can do it the other way round, just select lines that you need to format then Ctrl+Shift+F – Kenneth Ong Apr 19 '22 at 15:19
Please elaborate on your question properly and mention your triggering point to get the answer. – Lova Chittumuri Apr 19 '22 at 16:51

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